9. Scientific education a large fraction (80% ?) of people with a scientific education will not stay in science and that is very good
10. Daily life of scientist: examples (1) writing proposals evaluation interviews application interviews annual reports business meetings financial management getting hardware support getting software support
11. Daily life of scientist: examples (2) application/patents recommendation letters obligatory collaborations loads of reviewing jobs receiving somebody else’s visitors warm bodies needed attend talks by important applicants
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14. View from outside Politicians, civil servants, deans, administrators, supporting staff, etc, all think: Scientists are Sunday’s children Do not fight them. They always win. They make the rules. Fight another game.
15. It is nice job Science is great Society requests a lot of justification
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17. Role “small” things grossly underestimated The big things are about your talents: much of that is given by Nature The small things are about your willpower. Discipline, patience, perseverence
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20. Hide your ego Make life extremely easy for your colleagues (including group members, coauthors) Spend a lot of time on the small things: papers, (internal) presentations bite size pieces
23. Become a bookkeeper: file it (1) Every note, communication, progress report should be available as a file. For always. As if it is a scientific report. In Latex. In English. Always. Colleagues should be able to read it. Do the same with every back-of-the-envelope calculation or lab-journal scribble
24. File it (2) Figures should always have labels, axes. Any group member should understand them Computer programs: Discipline, discipline, discipline Why do you guys never do this?
25. Get the information Crucial information for your career is out there. Free. Get it. They won’t bring it to you. Magazines, Societies Where the field goes. Where your colleagues go. Where your next boss goes.
28. I never doubted my career When I was about 30, I applied for the position “Health Inspector” in the Ministry of Health ... (driving license required) Turned down due to a “ too scientific attitude”
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31. Always on your mind Be obsessed by finding a new field. Niches are for the loosers Be prepared for an immediate answer to the following question: What would you do if you get 5 million euro’s to start research on your own?
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